Hailemariam, Assefa( PhD)Hailu, Mesrach2018-10-082023-11-182018-10-082023-11-182009-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/12481Child IIIOr/ality aggravale bllrden all mOlhers ill difTerell1 II'UI'S. AII/()II,~ Ihis Ihe sillds (iICII.I'('(1 Oil ils e[Tecl all illcreasillg Iheir life lime pregllall c\' 10 reploCi' Iheir los I child alld SO/lle (~r Ihem lIIigllf fcar in losing the aile Ihal Ivas replaced and decide ill giving lorge !lilli/her (~r hirlhs /() he secl/red. To examine this effeci of child loss e.rperiel1ce on fertility. (')1('1" l/JulTied «'lIwles 0/ U'I'mdIlClil'e age Ivilll aileasl one childbearillg experience were seleCledli(}l1l fDHS :}()()5. Firsl chi-sqllare was used 10 rest the associalioll of demographic. /JehOl 'ioro/ ond WI' io('colllilllil' I'((riu"'es Ivilh fer/ilily measured by CB or CEB. Melhods like Brass PIF r{({io and di!lL'relll Bi'l'{(riules lI 'ere implemellied 10 compare Ihe fer/ilily of mOlhers lI'ilh child loss ('xIJ(:'riel7c(! (lnd Ivilh I/O experience. In addilion to this bil101J logistic alld COIlIlI dow /IIodel Poisso// /"egr('ss/{J/'/ Il'ere implemented 10 exol11ine fhe socioeconomic. IJe//{[\'io/'(// ol1d demographic deleUllill{lIlls of child loss and fer/ilily in Dhiopia. More ol'er Ihe sllldv cleorl.\' sh(iII'ed Ii/(' di!lnelliial in child loss andfer/ililY by IIrball alld rural residences Il'ilh respeu /() Ihe "elermillalll.l. The silldy IIsed Iwo slalislical sofllmre 's SPSS and STATA f{Jr anal."sis. A 2.7 ill crease ill TFR for mOlhers wilh Ihe experience was obwined by IIsing Brass PIF ralio. This implies I/WI child loss experience had a big share in increasing Ihe TFR of mOlhcrs. The reSlll1 of Ihe hivari([{e analysis showed Ihal an increase in Ihe level of child mOr/alils had impoci ill illcreas il1,~ Ihe level of fer/ilily which was measured by CEB. The poison regressioll model illdiu({ed Ihal child loss experiellce, religion, age o/molher, marilal duralioll, ploce of residellce, ,-\ FM, A FB, dllmlioil of iJreaslfeeding, 1II0lher's educaTion and tvpe of comraceplil'{' lIIelhod ore illl/IOr/ani delerlllillWi/S of ferlility of 1II0lhers. Similarly l17uilivarici/e·logislic regressioil lIIodei /"('l'('(//ec/ Ih(/I ('.rfJos lfre 10 m,edia, place of residence, region of residence, se.\" (~r child lvillt ( P«J.()5), lIIoriwl dllrUliol1, AFM, age of mOlher, durO/ioll of breaslfeeding, 11'IIr/i .llulllS (flld "d(((,{lIiOIl of IIWlher.1 Ivilll (P<O.OOI) fOllnd 10 have a signij/canl et(eci all 11100hers npcrience of IInderlil'e child loss. The resilli clear/.\' illdicales child morlClfiry affixis Ihefer/ilirv o(flfOlhers, and Ihe e!lrJrllo redllce In lifill' olld child IlIo r{((lily ill Elhiopia will be Fuilful if grealer emphasis is ,~il'ell 10 Iheir '-()('f(Je('() //()II /1(", hell{/I 'io/"o/ and demographic Jetermil1o/1l s. More over il itJ{hc(I{('s f/tOI mlfch ('{rol"! is neet/ed If) redllce/enililY ill ruro/ Elhiopia.enChild Loss and ChildbearingThesis